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bjrogg:
--- Quote from: Gimlis Ghost on May 20, 2022, 01:35:49 am ---A couple of years ago a blade broke off one of these and landed in a school playground. A few minutes either way and it could have mowed down dozens of kids.
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Yes so far I would say they have been fortunate that no one has been hurt or damage done to personal property. The zoning laws in our wind farm require them to be something like 2,000 feet away from a house. The smaller ones are much closer. They complained about that at first and I suspect it’s one of the reasons for the larger ones, but I’m thinking that probably isn’t a bad idea.
Gills I have often heard that to , but I have never seen even one dead bird laying under one. I’m not saying it doesn’t happen , but I personally haven’t seen evidence of it either and maybe we just don’t have the type of birds that would be effected by them. I have always been curious what type of bird this is supposed to happen to. Most of ours have pretty good vision and it’s not like the blades are spinning so fast you can’t see them.
One other thing I have seen is ice. It gets built up and then breaks off and is flung through the air and I don’t think it would feel good getting hit by it.
This particular model has had less trouble than some of the others. It’s the biggest model around. They need a really large crane to work on it. This model they have to put the blades on the hub one at a time at the top. They turn hub so blade to be put on is at 3:00 position and hoist blade to top.
The other types are smaller although they are still pretty big. Those all had the blades attached to the hub. Then the hub is hoisted blades attached to the top. They can actually use a smaller crane for them.
They got the really large crane stuck in our field. They crushed our tile main that was nine feet under ground.
I’m not totally against them, but I’m not a huge fan of them either.
Not totally convinced they are going to be the savior to the environment. There’s alway advantages and disadvantages to everything.
Bjrogg
Stoker:
Looks like things are coming along Bjrogg. Got to do some farming with my son-in-law and his brothers couple weeks ago. Got to ride along in the new to them sprayer. Quite the machine GPS tracking, like the starship Enterprise. So much lining up with a fence post. Your right about the worrying. Hopefully everything turns out ok
Take care
Leroy
bjrogg:
--- Quote from: Stoker on May 21, 2022, 03:26:15 pm ---Looks like things are coming along Bjrogg. Got to do some farming with my son-in-law and his brothers couple weeks ago. Got to ride along in the new to them sprayer. Quite the machine GPS tracking, like the starship Enterprise. So much lining up with a fence post. Your right about the worrying. Hopefully everything turns out ok
Take care
Leroy
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Thanks Stoker. We are coming along nicely. Hoping everything comes up and does well.
Glad you got to experience the space age ride in the sprayer. Of all the advancements in ag technologies I think I appreciate the technology that has gone into sprayers the most.
Like you said . It has gone from aiming for a fence post and having to remember what is sprayed and what isn’t. Trying to match speed and pressure to get the right amount on. Skips and double up spots as a result.
It’s so different now. GPS with sub inch accuracy and auto steer to guide the sprayer. A coverage map that’s instantly updated to show what is sprayed and what isn’t. Swat control that knows what is sprayed and what isn’t that turns off individual sections of the spray boom where spray has already been applied. Very accurate rate controller that very quickly and accurately changes and applies the right rate to match your speed. Documentation of you chemicals used and a map of the rates applied.
It really is stuff from the space age and it’s technology that is still making amazing advancements. The stuff coming out now is really mind blowing. Each individual spray nozzle is computer driven and turns on and off individually with swath control. Not only that , but it knows if it’s on the inside of a turn it’s traveling slower and adjusts it rate lower to put on the correct amount. If it’s on the outside of a turn it knows it’s traveling faster and increases it’s rate to apply the proper amount. We don’t have that yet but it is available technology and really amazing stuff.
Bjrogg
M2A:
Things look to be moving along for you BJ. Don't know a thing about sugar beets but I have seen sweet corn fields come up uneven from lack of moisture, and that late stuff is usually not worth anything at harvest, so hope you been getting some rain there. We been getting rain every other day for the last week or so. Had a hail storm cover the ground about 10 miles south last week, so glad we missed that one.
Been busy here. The crew has been transplanting tomatoes, peppers and strawberries when the ground is dry enough, and mulching blueberries otherwise. Sweet corn is a weekly planting until about the end of June. I've been in the orchard most of the time and will spend most of this week there. Between mowing, thinning, scab/fireblight sprays its usually a crazy 2 week period for me. By June things seem to become more routine through the summer.
Here's a pic of my high tech measuring device in the orchard :)
IMG_4606 by Mike Allridge, on Flickr
That was several days ago, I suppose that apple is 18mm by now.
A lot of hurry up and wait been going on because of the rains. Had a buddy stop by on Friday to drop off some graphic arts designs for my sons bow. I finished up a preform I had on my desk to give him as a thank you for his work.
IMG_4617 by Mike Allridge, on Flickr
Spent today in my shop finishing up a dozen target arrows. way too long in the making. Should have been doing other things, didn't realize how much time I spent down there until it was dinner time.
Mike
Stoker:
Bjrogg you are right on with the ways of the newer machinery. We had to fix some sort of connection on the one wing when we refilled the tank. They explained it to me, I must of had the deer in the headlights look on my face. Good on them to make it go without too much disruption. Help is 1 hour away. Being self-reliant is a wonderful thing.
M2A Nice looking apples coming along. I like your apple gauge. My Granny Smiths are in flower right now. Coupla weeks away form pie season.
Thanks Leroy
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